As usual, this is a collection of links to relevant blog post and other newws you might heve missed over the recent perios of time, and that relate with Delphi one way or another.
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Embarcadero News
There is a new Sencha MVP program, similar to the RAD Studio one: https://www.sencha.com/blog/sencha-mvp-program/
Healthcare App Prototype Built In Delphi Wins First Place In Startup Weekend Competition! Read more at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/healthcare-app-prototype-built-in-delphi-wins-first-place-in-startup-weekend-competition
Blog Posts
Top 10 Most Popular Open Source Delphi Projects On GitHub By Star Rating by Eli at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/top-10-most-popular-open-source-delphi-projects-on-github-by-star-rating
RAD Studio Custom Editor Sub-views by David Hoyle at http://www.davidghoyle.co.uk/WordPress/?p=1831 (this is an extremely detailed example of writing editor views, which is a fairly complex extension to the RAD Studio IDE)
Persisting enumeration and sets to JSON by Chee Wee Chua at http://chuacw.ath.cx/blogs/chuacw/archive/2017/12/11/persisting-enumeration-and-sets-to-json.aspx (a small and handy tip)
Microsoft has a very interesting blog post by Matteo Pagani covering the Desktop Bridge, a technology we support in Delphi, and while not everything is directly applicable, it is a very interesting read: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appconsult/2017/11/06/desktop-bridge-best-practices-and-common-issues/
Supporting iPhone X display with Delphi by Dave Nottage at http://delphiworlds.com/2017/11/supporting-iphone-x-display-with-delphi/ (some related improvements will be made available in RAD Studio 10.2.2)
Delphi + Enterprise Connectors + RAD Server = SAP native client for iOS and Android by Fernando Rizzato at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/delphi-enterprise-connectors-rad-server-sap-native-client-for-ios-and-android (given the Enterprise Connectors cannot be used directly on mobile, you need a middle tier architecture to leverage them on your phone — which also opens us to using push notifications)
Experimenting with Neural Networks Part 6 by Craig Chapman at http://chapmanworld.com/2017/11/19/experimenting-with-neural-networks-part-6/ (read the previous 5 parts as well, of course)
Massive Collection Of Design Patterns, Frameworks, Components, And Language Features For Delphi at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/massive-collection-of-design-patterns-frameworks-components-and-language-features-for-delphi
Older but Great Posts
I missed this, but worth highlighting: A Delphi Primer with RAD Studio 10.2 by T Theobald at http://borkedcode.com/wp/?p=1470 (a nice, long, and detailed “first look” to Delphi)
Roll your own lightweight, scalable backend using ZeroMQ at https://blog.grijjy.com/2017/05/02/roll-your-own-lightweight-scalable-backend-using-zeromq/
Projects and Libraries
Pyscripter is a feature-rich but lightweight Python IDE (written in Delphi): https://github.com/pyscripter/pyscripter. There is also a related Python Delphi integration package at https://github.com/pyscripter/python4delphi and this classic page http://www.atug.com/andypatterns/pythonDelphiTalk.htm
